Like the previous Guitar Hero games, the players use a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the playing of rock music by playing notes as they scroll in-time with the music. Guitar Hero III is available individually and in bundles packaged with wireless controllers. Previous Guitar Hero controllers are compatible with this title. Guitar Hero 3 includes Slash of Guns N' Roses, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Bret Michaels of Poison as characters in the game.

NOTE : The letters represent the color to be pressed. B = Blue, Y = Yellow, G = Green, R = Red, O = Orange) Air Guitar: BY, GY, GY, RB, RB, RY, RY, BY, GY, GY, RB, RB, RY, RY, GY, GY, RY, RY Unlock All Code: YO, RB, RO, GB, RY, YO, RY, RB, GY, GY, YB, YB, YO, YO, YB, Y, R, RY, R, Y, O Hyperspeed: O, B, O, Y, O, B, O, Y Precision Mode GR, GR, GR, RY, RY, RB, RB, YB, YO, YO, GR, GR, GR, RY, RY, RB, RB, YB, YO, YO Performance Mode: RY, RB, RO, RB, RY, GB, RY RB No Fail: GR, B, GR, GY, B, GY, RY, O, RY, GY, Y, GY, GR Unlock Everything: GRBO, GRYB, GRYO, GBYO, GRYB, RYBO, GRYB, GYBO, GRYB, GRYO, GRYO, GRYB, GRYO Easy Expert: GR, GY, YB, RB, BO, YO, RY, RB Bret Michaels: GR, GR, GR, GB, GB, GB, RB, R R R, RB, R R R, RB, R R R (Please scroll down for detailed cheats, unlockables and bonuses)

Guitar Hero 3 Songlist Anarchy in the U.K. – Sex Pistols Barracuda – Heart Before I Forget – Slipknot 3's & 7's – Queens of the Stone Age Black Magic Woman – Santana Black Sunshine – White Zombie Bulls on Parade – Rage Against the Machine Cherub Rock – The Smashing Pumpkins Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll – Blue Öyster Cult Cliffs of Dover – Eric Johnson Cult of Personality – Living Colour Devil Went Down to Georgia - Steve Oumiette Even Flow – Pearl Jam Guitar Battle vs. Slash Original Go That Far – Bret Michaels Band Helicopter – Bloc Party Hit Me with Your Best Shot – Pat Benatar Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys Knights of Cydonia – Muse Kool Thing – Sonic Youth La Grange – ZZ Top Lay Down – Priestess Miss Murder – AFI Mississippi Queen – Mountain Monsters – Matchbook Romance My Name Is Jonas – Weezer The Number of the Beast – Iron Maiden One – Metallica Pride and Joy – Stevie Ray Vaughan Paint It, Black – The Rolling Stones Paranoid – Black Sabbath Raining Blood - Slayer Reptilia – The Strokes Rock You Like a Hurricane – Scorpions Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss Same Old Song and Dance – Aerosmith Story of My Life – Social Distortion School's Out – Alice Cooper Sabotage – Beastie Boys Slow Ride – Foghat Sunshine of Your Love – Cream Suck My Kiss – Red Hot Chili Peppers Talk Dirty to Me – Poison The Metal – Tenacious D The Seeker – The Who When You Were Young – The Killers Welcome to the Jungle – Guns N' Roses Apart from these tracks some bonus tracks and some censored tracks are also available. Bonus Tracks: Avalancha - Heroes del Silencio Closer - Lacuna Coil Can't Be Saved - Senses Fail Down N Dirty - LA Slum Lords Don't Hold Back - The Sleeping FCP Remix - Fall of Troy Generation Rock - Revolverhead Go That Far - Bret Michaels Band Hier Kommit Alex - Die Toten Hosen In the Belly of a Shark - Gallows I'm in the Band - The Hellacopters Impulse - An Endless Sporadic In Love - Scouts of St. Sebastian My Curse - Killswitch Engage Minus Celsius - Backyard Babies Metal Heavy Lady - Lions Mauvis Garcon - NAAST Prayer of the Refugee - Rise Against Radio Song - Superbus Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs She Bangs the Drums - The Stone Roses Take This Life - In Flames Through the Fire and the Flames - Dragonforce The Way It Ends - Prototype